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At this point Disney holds children's minds hostage. As a thought experiment, what would happen if it ceased to exist today along with its characters? Imagine t

At this point Disney holds children's minds hostage. As a thought experiment, what would happen if it ceased to exist today along with its characters? Imagine the trauma many kids would experience, as if they lost someone from their family. I get that Disney delivers on the promise of family-safe entertainment but this is not healthy. Certainly the capture of copyright law (i.e. endless extension of the copyright expiration period) is not the price worth paying for it.

B1FF_PSUVM 5y ago
Could always be split into smaller companies, like Bell forty years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System The reverse seems to be happening, though ...
jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
The whole Princess part of Disney culture comes across as pretty gross tbh. I don't have kids but have talked about this with friends. Even though they wanted to keep their daughters away from it, it's nearly impossible.
- sergers 5y ago
  My daughter loves to be a princess... Not any particular Disney princess, but loves it.. She also loves to be a doctor, astronaut, grocery store clerk, firefighter, construction worker, chef etc... I grew up watching non stop Disney, in a family of mostly strong independent women who also loved Disney princesses. Nothing wrong with the stereotypical fairytales... If you/your child is consumed by it, you need some more exposure to other things
sergers 5y ago
Kids would latch on to whatever popular form of entertainment, as they already do today(my kids not the biggest fan of Disney). Not so sure of the trauma you speak of If Disney ceased to exist, this would be shocking to everyone not just children.
- RicoElectrico 5y ago
  Well, many of the Polish literature classics (e.g. Sienkiewicz's Trilogy) were published piecemeal in newspapers a century and a half ago. The accounts of that say people (adults nonetheless) were super attached to the characters almost as if they were real people [1][2] so I think it's not unreasonable to extrapolate that back to children. On top of that too many parents just delegate the upbringing to the media, sadly. If you don't, that's great. [1] https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/jak-polacy-czytali-trylogie https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/jak-polacy-czytali-trylogie [2] The three novels were based on historical events, but with fictional characters, and written by Sienkiewicz in a time when there was no independent Poland.

B1FF_PSUVM 5y ago

Could always be split into smaller companies, like Bell forty years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System The reverse seems to be happening, though ...

jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago

The whole Princess part of Disney culture comes across as pretty gross tbh. I don't have kids but have talked about this with friends. Even though they wanted to keep their daughters away from it, it's nearly impossible.

sergers 5y ago
My daughter loves to be a princess... Not any particular Disney princess, but loves it.. She also loves to be a doctor, astronaut, grocery store clerk, firefighter, construction worker, chef etc... I grew up watching non stop Disney, in a family of mostly strong independent women who also loved Disney princesses. Nothing wrong with the stereotypical fairytales... If you/your child is consumed by it, you need some more exposure to other things

sergers 5y ago

Kids would latch on to whatever popular form of entertainment, as they already do today(my kids not the biggest fan of Disney). Not so sure of the trauma you speak of If Disney ceased to exist, this would be shocking to everyone not just children.

RicoElectrico 5y ago
Well, many of the Polish literature classics (e.g. Sienkiewicz's Trilogy) were published piecemeal in newspapers a century and a half ago. The accounts of that say people (adults nonetheless) were super attached to the characters almost as if they were real people [1][2] so I think it's not unreasonable to extrapolate that back to children. On top of that too many parents just delegate the upbringing to the media, sadly. If you don't, that's great. [1] https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/jak-polacy-czytali-trylogie https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/jak-polacy-czytali-trylogie [2] The three novels were based on historical events, but with fictional characters, and written by Sienkiewicz in a time when there was no independent Poland.